Live updates from the End Coal Now action camp 2016

Activists from Wales and beyond set up the campsite for Reclaim the Power's 'End Coal Now' campaign. The camp is in on common ground in the Darran Valley, Caerphilly very close to where Miller Argent want to mine for six million tonnes of coal at Nant Llesg.

A group of environmental campaigners protested at a coal mine in Wales yesterday. Under the 'Reclaim The Power' campaign, more than 300 people gathered at the Ffos-y-fran mine to halt operations while protesting against fossil fuels. Neil Brown, Managing Director at Miller Agent which runs the site said supporting the steel industry, affordable electricity and climate change are "all important issues".

Published in News on Wednesday May 4th, 2016. Last updated at 12:40 By Hundreds of protesters halted work at the UK's largest opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil during peaceful protests on Tuesday, May 3.

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PROTESTERS in South Wales say they have halted work at Britain's biggest open-cast coal mine following a demonstration involving hundreds of people. The activists used their bodies to form a "massive red line" at Ffos-y-fran, near Merthyr Tydfil this morning.

This video shows the scale of a protest at the biggest opencast mine in the UK in South Wales on Tuesday. Footage shows the extent of Miller Argent's Ffos y Fran opencast mine, which lies between Merthyr Tydfil and the Rhymney Valley , and just how much space it covers.

Hundreds of environmental activists have invaded the UK's largest opencast coal mine and claim they have halted operations across the vast site. Dressed in red boiler suits, groups of protestors stepped across barbed wire fences to gain access to Ffos-y-fran mine near Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales.

A protest by hundreds of climate activists at the UK's largest opencast mine, in Merthyr Tydfil, has begun. Campaign group Reclaim the Power had said it would try to halt operations at the Ffos-y-Fran site on Tuesday - two days before the assembly election.

Hundreds of people have gathered at Ffos-y-fran near Merthyr Tydfil to halt operations at the UK's largest opencast coal mine. Using their bodies to form a massive red line across the mine, protesters from Reclaim the Power halted operations from 5.30 this morning.

A group of Christians are taking part in a mass action on Tuesday to try and close down a coal mine in Wales. They are protesting about the continued use of the Ffos-y-Fran coal mine in Wales and are calling on the UK government to stop coal mining altogether.

Hundreds of people have gathered at Ffos-y-fran near Merthyr Tydfil to try and shut down the UK's largest opencast coal mine. The 'End Coal Now' camp is being organised by climate activist network Reclaim the Power, just days before Wales goes to the polls to vote in the Assembly election.

Climate activists have set up camp alongside the UK's largest opencast mine in Merthyr Tydfil. Campaign group Reclaim the Power say they will attempt to halt operations at the Ffos-y-Fran site on Tuesday, two days before the assembly election. Protesters want a moratorium -a suspension - on Welsh opencast mining.

Hundreds of protesters are expected to descend on Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine this weekend. The 'End Coal Now' camp is being organised by climate activist network Reclaim the Power over the May Day bank holiday. Campaigners have said they are trying to shut operations down at the Merthyr Tydfil mine.

Around 500 protestors will attempt to occupy Ffos-y-fran mine in the coming days Hundreds of eco-activists have descended on Merthyr Tydfil as they prepare to occupy the UK's largest opencast coal mine. Protestors set up camp on Saturday, erecting tents and setting up compost toilets, four marquees and a wind turbine near Ffos-y-fran mine.

Momentum is gathering behind the UK's transition to a fossil free society, writes Guy Shrubsole. We know we need to leave at least 80% of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert catastrophic climate change. Here's a quick run-down of progress to date - and the key upcoming fights, including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend.

In Russia, Colombia and the UK, continuing demand for coal is hurting individuals and communities 'Unabated coal is simply not sustainable in the longer term,' said Amber Rudd , Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, last November. Indigenous communities, climate campaigners and local activists all know that burning coal is not sustainable in the short term either.

Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffos­y­fran, whose 3,500 acres abut both Merthyr Tydfil, one of Britain's most deprived communities, and the glorious Brecon Beacons national park.